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Poetry-Focused Works Of Art Are Popping Up In Several NYC Parks
Next time you decide to stop and smell the roses–or cherry blossoms–in a NYC park, be sure to stop and read some poetry as well, because poems are taking over NYC’s parks!
Park Poems is a new initiative that’s turning poems into tangible site-specific works of art throughout various NYC parks.
Inviting parkgoers to pause and experience a moment of reflection and contemplation, the poems can be found meshing perfectly with the area’s surrounding landscape and park infrastructure. The selected poets come from all around the world, and non-English poems are displayed in both English and in their native language.
Throughout the first year of the project, poems will be displayed in the following parks:
- Manhattan: Sunken Playground, “Oscura luz / Dark Light” by Francisco X. Alarcón (Spanish/English)
- Brooklyn: Valentino Pier, “I Was Never Able to Pray” by Edward Hirsch
- Queens: Francis Lewis Park, “Six Tankas” by Harryette Mullen
- Staten Island: Clove Lakes Park, “我坐在這裡 / I Sit Here” by Liu Xia (Chinese/English)
- Bronx: Clason Point Park, “Twilight” by W.S. Merwin
The installations at these parks will remain on view for approximately one year.
“Our public parks are important oases amid the hustle of NYC life, and these poetry installations will invite park patrons to pause, reflect, and connect with their environment in new ways,” said NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue in a press release.
“Making beautiful poetry accessible to New Yorkers in all five boroughs fits perfectly with our mission at NYC Parks,” she added.
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An ‘Afrofuturist, ancient Egyptian funkified spaceship’ has landed on The Met’s rooftop
Artist Lauren Halsey transformed images of lowriders, men in durags, DJs and spaceships into modern-day hieroglyphs to create a massive new rooftop installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drawing on inspiration from Egyptian architecture and her Los Angeles neighborhood, Halsey reimagined an ancient language with a fresh, 21st-century take.
Titled “the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I),” The Roof Garden Commission: Lauren Halsey is on view from April 18 through October 22 on The Met’s rooftop. The Cantor Roof Garden Bar will open on May 18.
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“This project by Lauren Halsey that appears like an Afrofuturist, ancient Egyptian funkified spaceship has just landed here on the rooftop of The Met,” the museum’s Abraham Thomas said during a press preview today. “Lauren is profoundly influenced by her community of South Central Los Angeles. She engages with critical issues around civic space, social activism, gentrification, to create this monument to her community and architectural container of community archives and histories.”
As the museum’s Daniel Brodsky Curator of Modern Architecture, Design, and Decorative Art, Thomas describes this work as the latest in a long line of revolutionary architectural designs at The Met.
The massive installation rises 22 feet high and is composed of more than 750 glass-fiber-reinforced concrete tiles. Four ornately designed columns surround a skylight-topped central cube that visitors can walk through. Four sphinxes inspired by Halsey’s family and members of her community guard the space.
Phrases like “reparations now,” “together we can” and “Black workers rising for jobs, justice & dignity” cover pieces of the installation. The phrases and accompanying images evoke graffiti art, street signs, protest posters and ancient carvings all at once. Halsey also drew inspiration from The Met’s collection of Egyptian art and artifacts.
The work is so large, it’s even visible from Central Park where Cleopatra’s Needle, an Egyptian obelisk dating back to 1425 BCE, now stands just across from The Met.
Over the months Halsey designed the project, it grew even more ambitious from the original design, The Met’s Director Max Hollein said.
“It shows us the dedication of an artist to seize an opportunity. She worked with the Met and creating something so powerful,” Hollein said.
After the installation ends its run at The Met on October 22, it will be transported to South Central Los Angeles to form part of a community art center.
“My installation for The Met’s Roof Garden reflects my interest in conflating narratives from contemporary South Central Los Angeles with those evoked in ancient pharaonic architecture,” Halsey said in a press release. “My hope is that viewers in New York feel the connections intuitively.”
You can see the exhibition with museum admission. The Cantor Rooftop Garden is open Sunday–Tuesday and Thursday from 11am–4:15pm; on Fridays and Saturdays, it’s open from 11am–8:15pm.
Time Out tip: We recommend visiting once the bar reopens on May 18 to enjoy snacks and cocktails while experiencing the art. The rooftop views are especially beautiful around sunset.
You can earn free food for a year at this restaurant opening
A beloved Taiwanese fried chicken chain from the Philippines is opening in New York City.
Chunky Boss, known for their crispy golden cutlets that are twice as thick and twice as crisp as the standard Taiwanese fried chicken, is opening in midtown at 129 East 45th Street, on Tuesday, April 18.
The grand opening will offer guests the opportunity to order anything off the menu, with a big perk: The first 20 customers will be eligible to win free Chunky Boss for a year.
To enter, you’ll need to order in person, have a New York ID and be over the age of 18. The first 20 orders will be rewarded with a free meal per week (a sandwich, fries and drink) until April 2024. Combos start at $14.99, so the prize is worth over $2000.
Expect long lines at the beginning of opening day, because after the first 20 customers, the next 100 orders will be rewarded with a buy one get one meal.
If you want to just taste the menu on opening day, there’s plenty to enjoy. Crispy Boss’s signature fried chicken is available as a crispy cutlet, a spicy cutlet or golden chicken fingers. The fried chicken can then be seasoned with classic pepper powder, spicy powder, plum powder, or an original seasoning. Dipping sauces include cheese sauce, mango sauce, honey mustard, and sweet and chili sauce. Boss French fries and plum sweet potato fries are available as sides.
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Already, Chunky’ Boss’ packaging is apt for Manhattan. A container for chicken and fries balances nicely on a plastic soft drink, so you can sip from your straw and dip your food into sauces while walking in the city.
This will be Chunky Boss’s first U.S. location. The restaurant will open at 11:30am and stay open until 7pm, which will be its daily hours.